Renal impairment among acute hospital admissions in a rural Ethiopian hospital

Nephrology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 92-96

  Riley, Stephen ^a   Diro, Ermias ^b   Batchelor, Peter ^a   Abebe, Alula ^b   Amsalu, Ashenafi ^b   Tadesse, Yewondwossen ^c   Williams, John ^a   Phillips, Aled O ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^c TIKUR ANBESSA HOSPITAL   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Africa; AKI; characteristic; impact; outcome

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL WARD;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872734324     PISSN: 13205358     EISSN: 14401797     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nep.12002     Document Type: Article

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